Is Kejriwal inviting fresh troubles again?

The row over CBI raids on Delhi Chief Secretary Rajender Kumar’s office few days ago, triggers a fresh battle between Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Kejriwal has been hitting hard at Union Minister in connection with Delhi district Cricket Association scam. Although, Jaitley has been repeatedly condemning his allegations, Kejriwal keep hitting at him. Congress party also joined his fight against Jaitley because he is common enemy for both parties. Hence, Arun Jaitley took extreme step today as the allegations are tarnishing his clean image.

He filed a defamation case worth Rs. 10 crores against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and few others of AAP Government in the Delhi High Court on Monday for making baseless allegations against him over DDCA scam. He filed the petition in his personal status.

CM Arvind Kejriwal sharply reacting on his move said “I welcome it. I am not afraid of such cases instead I appeal Arun Jaitley to cooperate with enquiry committee and prove his innocence in this case. Kejriwal Government has constituted an enquiry committee led by former solicitor general Gopal Subrahmanyam to find out who is involved in this DDCA scam.

Earlier, when Kejriwal made some allegations against Union Minister for surface transport Nithin Gadkari, he also filed defamation case against Kejriwal. Then, Kejriwal opted to go to jail instead of taking bail in that case. After spending nearly two weeks in jail, he took bail following the court advice. So, he may face similar situation once again, if he failed to prove his allegations made against Arun Jaitley. But, this time he may not afford to go to jail as he is Chief Minister of Delhi.